Pickell said Career Alliance wouldn't voluntarily turn over records

FLINT -- Genesee County sheriff's investigators were forced to get a search warrant to remove records from Career Alliance this morning because the organization's attorneys wouldn't voluntarily turn them over, Sheriff Robert J. Pickell said.

"It makes these people look like they're trying to hide something," Pickell said.

Pickell confirmed the embattled agency was served with a search warrant this morning for any records related to its business activities.

The Sheriff's Department has been investigating Career Alliance as an outgrowth of concerns over the agency's use of federal job-training money.

Career Alliance's interim leader, Craig Coney, said today that the organization is complying with the search warrant but he's been advised not to discuss the matter without talking to an attorney.